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The Time It Never Rained

The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton portrays the profound impact of a prolonged drought on a Texas ranching family...

Texas Ranching 1973 Elmer Kelton

8.8 Great

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The Day the Cowboys Quit

Elmer Kelton's The Day the Cowboys Quit is a 1971 historical Western novel inspired by the real-life 1883 Canadian River...

Texas 1971 Labor Elmer Kelton

8.3 Great

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The Good Old Boys

The Good Old Boys is a 1978 Western novel by Elmer Kelton following a traditional, wandering cowboy struggling to adapt...

Character Study Texas 1978 Elmer Kelton

8.0 Great

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Horseman, Pass By

Larry McMurtry's 1961 debut novel set on a Texas cattle ranch, exploring generational conflict between a rancher and his...

Coming Of Age Texas 1961 Ranch

7.8 Good

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Comanche Moon

Written by Larry McMurtry in 1997, Comanche Moon is a notable Western novel that serves as the sweeping prequel to his P...

Texas 1997 Comanche Larry Mcmurtry

7.6 Good

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The Brave Cowboy

Edward Abbey's 1956 novel about an anachronistic cowboy who refuses to conform to modern society, later adapted into the...

1956 New Mexico Anarchist Edward Abbey

7.6 Good

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Stand Proud

Stand Proud is a 1984 Western novel by Elmer Kelton that explores the life of a wealthy but hardened Texas cattleman, hi...

Historical 1984 Texas Ranching

7.3 Good

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Leaving Cheyenne

Larry McMurtry's 1963 novel tracing a decades-long love triangle among two cowboys and a rancher's daughter in Texas, la...

Texas 1963 Ranch Larry Mcmurtry

7.3 Good

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A Woman of the People

Benjamin Capps's 1966 novel following a young white girl captured by Comanches who gradually assimilates into the tribe...

Texas Captive 1966 Comanche

7.0 Good

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Sam Chance

Benjamin Capps's 1965 novel portraying the life of a Texas cattleman across several decades, from the open-range era thr...

Character Study Texas 1965 Ranching

7.0 Good

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Escape from Five Shadows

Published in 1960, this western novel by Elmore Leonard details the harrowing experiences of a man wrongly imprisoned at...

Arizona Survival 1956 Elmore Leonard

6.9 Fair

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After the Bugles

After the Bugles is a 1996 historical Western novel by Elmer Kelton, set in Texas during the turbulent aftermath of the...

Reconstruction 1967 Elmer Kelton Texas Frontier

6.9 Fair

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The Burning Hills

Published in 1956, this western novel by Louis L'Amour follows Trace Jordan as he seeks revenge against a powerful cattl...

Standalone Revenge Pursuit 1956

6.8 Fair

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Journey to Shiloh

Journey to Shiloh is a 1962 historical novel by Will Henry that follows a group of young Texas cowboys heading east to f...

Adventure Civil War Texas 1960

6.8 Fair

15

Massacre at Goliad

Massacre at Goliad is a mid-twentieth-century historical Western novel that dramatizes the infamous 1836 execution of pr...

Historical 1965 Elmer Kelton Texas Revolution

6.7 Fair

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Pillars of the Sky

Pillars of the Sky is a 1955 historical Western novel by Will Henry, acclaimed for its dramatic depiction of conflict in...

Pacific Northwest 1956 Cavalry Nez Perce

6.7 Fair

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The Thundering Herd

Written by Zane Grey in 1925, The Thundering Herd is a historical Western notable for its vivid descriptions of buffalo...

Classic 1925 Plains Zane Grey

6.5 Fair

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West of the Pecos

West of the Pecos is a 1937 Western novel by Zane Grey following a Georgia family's journey to Texas and a heroine disgu...

Classic Texas 1937 Frontier

6.2 Fair

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Adobe Walls

Adobe Walls is a historical Western novel distinguished by its dramatic retelling of the iconic 1874 Texas battle betwee...

Texas 1953 Comanche Clay Fisher

6.2 Fair

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Black Fox

Matt Braun's 1972 novel based on the true story of Britt Johnson, a Black Texan who negotiated with Comanche raiders in...

Texas 1972 Comanche Matt Braun

5.9 Mediocre